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5 strokes · radical 鸟 · HSK 2 · traditional 鳥
11 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 鸟
A way to remember it
A bird in profile: the head and beak on top, the body, and the tail feathers trailing. The four dots of the traditional 鳥 became a single stroke, but the eye survives as the dot inside.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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bird
niǎo — bird
Radical 鸟 · 5 strokes · HSK 2 · traditional 鳥
11 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 鸟
A way to remember itA bird in profile: the head and beak on top, the body, and the tail feathers trailing. The four dots of the traditional 鳥 became a single stroke, but the eye survives as the dot inside.